I’m Moving Out!
Posted on | April 23, 2008 |
Spring is certainly moving season. This weekend, I saw many people - college students, families, neighbors - schlepping couches, mattresses and hundreds of boxes from car to house and house to car.
Moving is a great time to catalog (and get rid of) your belongings, forcing you to think - “is this couch really worth the effort?”
With spring cleaning and moving in mind, here are some top tips you can put into action this weekend:
1. While you’re cleaning and sorting before the move, do a home inventory.
- You’ll need a complete list and pictures of your possessions for insurance claims after a disaster.
- Start with your most expensive items and write down their serial numbers, make, model and price at time of purchase.
- Pick just one room to start with. It can be overwhelming do it all at once.
- Remember to keep all of this info somewhere other than your apartment (e.g. work, store it online, safe deposit box, at Mom’s house)!!
3. Now that you’ve sorted your “to keep” and “give away” items, find homes or have a garage sale for your plants, books, clothing and other items to give away.
4. Complete a change of address form at the post office or online. The last thing you need is a case of identity theft.
- You’ll probably also need to contact and set up new accounts with utilities and other public works departments.
5. Check out the location of safety features before you move furniture in.
- Place furniture in a strategic manner so you can access windows and exits in a hurry.
- Locate emergency exits and safety features like smoke detectors, sprinklers and fire extinguishers.
- Make an escape plan as soon as you move in because disasters and fires are unpredictable!
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April 25th, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
Moving is the best time to do a home inventory - which means taking pictures of what goes in the boxes. It’s also a good time to take pictures of your clothes….